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Love Evelyn. Love how calculating she was, how she knew how to get what she wanted and also how honest she was with Monique.

Not giving this a 5 star rating bc it wasn’t that addictive to me, but I love the speed of the book. So, if I could, I’d give it a 4,5, but since I can’t then it’s just a 4 xd.

I love the friendship Harry and Evelyn have, that’s the type of friendship that I think everyone looks for, just someone who you know will catch you when you fall (I think Evelyn said that too).

And, obviously, the romance is great. Celia is a bit dramatic but we all love her. Their story is just full of passion, love and also heartbreak. The story takes place in a time LGBTQ+ ppl couldn’t be out and show off their partners as freely as now (even tho in this century we still have to see a lot of hate and violence towards the community).

Monique was a character I didn’t like at first, but you can see how she changes while she listens to Evelyn’s story, which is great.

Anyway, this book is good. If you wanna read it, I recommend it 100% and I’m sorry if I did any mistakes in this review bc English is not my first language xd.

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emotional

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'm not sure how to rate this... I read it within 4 days which is really fast for me, and I cried twice which almost never happens.

Maybe it was the way the book was written. I really like the chapters where Evelyn and Monique interacted, but I still don't get if the other chapters were meant to be monologues by Evelyn, flashbacks, or chapters from the biography. And I feel like I didn't really get to know the characters apart from Monique, Evelyn and Harry. They felt rather two dimensional, even Celia and Connor. That might have been a stylistic choice because Evelyn's perception was very much centered on herself, but I still didn't like it. It diminished the effect of a novel that spans decades, something I normally love because I feel like I really get to know all the characters.

And even though they were rare, I really hated these ominous foreshadowing bits like

I have no idea that in less than a week, Evelyn Hugo will finish her story, and I'll find out what this has all been about, and I will hate her so much that I'll be truly afraid I might kill her.

Also the car accident and the big secret felt kinda forced, a bit like an afterthought to add more drama?

But overall I enjoyed reading this book immensely so I'm really torn about how to rate and feel about it.

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Not my favorite, but really sucked me in. The concept was very interesting and Evelyn was a larger than life character; she truly felt real.

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emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I inhaled this book in a day. Loved the complex characters and how you couldn’t really feel just one emotion for any character. Felt like they were all very well rounded and multidimensional.

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